The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Apollo 50th”

Episode 431: My God, It’s Full of Books

John Mulnix — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 19:00:00 -0600

We're back and it's 2023. Let's kick off the year with an episode discussing some of my favorite books I read last fall. There's a bit of SpaceX news at the beginning too, so give it a listen.

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The Age of Radiance by Craig Nelson The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era

Wingless Flight by R Dale Reed. Give the full PDF a read via NASA History.
R Dale Reed NASA Biography- https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/X-Press/50th_anniversary/driving_forces/driving_forces_p-r.html

Mayday Over Wichita by D.W. Carter Mayday Over Wichita: The Worst Military Aviation Disaster in Kansas History (Hardcover)
Piatt St. Park- https://www.wichita.gov/ParkandRec/CityParks/Pages/Piatt.aspx

The Age of Eisenhower- by William Hitchcock The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s
Uravan Colorado- http://www.uravan.com/

Project Orion-
Death of a Project, by Freeman Dyson- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.149.3680.141
Book- Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
Nuclear Pulse Propulsion: Orion and Beyond- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20000096503

Episode 422: Apollo 13: 50 Years Later (Part 1)

John Mulnix — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 20:00:00 -0500

Be sure to follow the Facebook page for The Space Shot and the Cosmosphere for the 13 Days of Apollo 13 posts.

Part 1 of the Apollo 13 resources and history series. Check out the show notes for a ton of links and resources!

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Episode Links:

Apollo 13 50th Anniversary- Cosmo.org

Check out the 13 Days of Apollo 13 posts.
The Cosmosphere Facebook Page

Apollo 13 In Real Time

NASA History Twitter

Andy Saunders- Apollo Image Restoration

Scott Manley- What Caused The Explosion That Crippled Apollo 13?

13 Minutes to the Moon- BBC World Service

NASA Resources:

NASA Resource List

Apollo 13 Home Safe- NASA YouTube

Apollo 13 Views of the Moon in 4K. NASA Goddard

Apollo 13 S-IVB Booster Impact Experiment- With Newly Discovered Audio

Lunar and Planetary Institute Apollo 13 Picture Gallery

Apollo 13- 50 Years Ago

Apollo 13 Mission Page

Houston We Have a Podcast- Apollo 13 Interview

Apollo 13 Pictures- NASA Johnson Space Center Flickr Page

Mission Audio:

Archive.org

Episode 414: This Week in Space History- March 2nd to the 8th

John Mulnix — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:00:00 -0600

WOOOO! More space history incoming. My decade in review drops in episode 415, finally lol.

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The Pioneer Plaque: Science as a Universal Language- Planetary.org

STS-62- NASA

STS-62- Kennedy Space Center

Protein Crystals in Microgravity- NASA

Pioneer 4

Apollo 9- NASA

This book is absolutely fantastic and is available for free in pdf form. Give it a read.
Chariots for Apollo excerpt

STS-67

Space Workouts

Voyager 1 at Jupiter- NASA

Kepler Mission Details- There is a ton of content here.
Kepler and K2 Missions- NASA

It's hard to believe this mission has been over for 2 years :(
Dawn Spacecraft

STS-102- NASA

Ceres Water- space.com

Episode 413: Andy Saunders: Restoring Apollo

John Mulnix — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 19:00:00 -0600

Check out my fascinating conversation with Andy Saunders. Andy is the genius behind the restored image that shows Neil Armstrong's face (the only one that does so) on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission.

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Instead of linking to individual pictures, check out Andy's Twitter feed for all the restored Apollo image goodness. These images are absolutely breathtaking and I think you'll agree.

Andy Saunders- @AndySaunders_1
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Episode 395: From Apollo to Artemis and Beyond

John Mulnix — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 10:00:00 -0500

From Apollo to Artemis and Beyond. In this episode, you'll hear my presentation I gave a few weeks ago. I covered space history, from before the Apollo program, up to present-day initiatives.

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Roger Launius- Sputnik and Free Overflight in Space

Warning- This file is over 300 MB, so download over Wi-Fi if possible. Unfortunately I won't be able to email the file due to the size. Please email me at john@thespaceshot.com if you have any problems downloading this file. Picture credits- NASA/Wikimedia Commons/JFK Presidential Library.
Apollo to Artemis- PDF Presentation

John Mulnix- Solar System Ambassador Page

Episode 390: SpaceWorks is GO for MOCR Restoration!

John Mulnix — Mon, 27 May 2019 14:00:00 -0500

This month we are catching up with Jack at the Cosmosphere's SpaceWorks division. We talked about the completion of the MOCR Console restoration project. You'll also hear from Carla about what's up at the Cosmosphere this summer. It's a packed episode, so listen in today.

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You can see all of the upcoming events and more by checking the Cosmosphere calendar.
Cosmosphere Calendar

A huge thank you to Benoit Darcy, from Paris France for allowing us to use "Hypergolic" from the album "Apollo" for the podcast. Check it out through your music service of choice.
Apollo - EP Away From Earth

Episode 259: And I Would Drive 500 Miles...

John Mulnix — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 23:45:00 -0600

Today's episode is coming to you very late, after a long moving and road trip day. It's worth it though, tomorrow is going to be a great experience.

By the time most of you listen to this episode I will already be at the SpaceWorks facility in Hutchinson.

Be sure to follow along online for MOCR content throughout the day on Monday the 29th.

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Episode 253: Apollo 5, Discovery, Endeavour, and a Falcon Heavy Update

John Mulnix — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 08:00:00 -0600

Happy Monday! Today's episode is packed, so let's dive in!

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Apollo 5 Mission Page

STS-42 Mission Page

STS-42 Video Post Flight Presentation- National Space Society

STS-89 Mission Page

STS-89 Video Post Flight Presentation- National Space Society

Check out this Universe Today article by Nancy Atkinson.
'Seeing' Cosmic Rays in Space

SpaceX: Iridium-5 to launch in March; government shutdown creates manifest uncertainty- Chris Gebhardt, NASASpaceflight.com

Shutdown means SpaceX can’t test its Falcon Heavy rocket, creating further delays- Loren Grush, The Verge

NASA's Van Allen Probes Spot an Impenetrable Barrier in Space

What is the SOuth Atlantic Anomaly?